Palestinianism recurring pattern is to accuse the victim of the very crime that the accuser attempted to commit but failed to carry out [Ma'alot massacre to Oct 7]

Palestinianism recurring pattern is to accuse the victim of the very crime that the accuser attempted to commit but failed to carry out.

The earliest known false accusation of so called "genocide" against Israel by a senior Palestinian leader appears to have come from Farouk Kaddoumi in May 1974—just days after the Ma'alot massacre, in which Palestinian terrorists murdered Israeli schoolchildren and other civilians. As Israel responded by striking terrorist targets in Lebanon, Kaddoumi accused the state of "genocide," [link] establishing a pattern that continues to this day: portraying Israel's defensive actions as atrocities while downplaying or obscuring the terrorism that precipitated them.

Notably, Farouk Kaddoumi later stated that Palestinian Arabs supported Nazi Germany because they viewed Zionism as a common enemy, arguing that both sides were united in their opposition to Zionism. [link]

The Palestinianism recurring pattern is to accuse the victim of the very crime that the accuser attempted to commit but failed to carry out.

Such is accusation of "genocide" reflects a familiar pattern: charging Israel with the very objective that anti-Israel terrorist groups have repeatedly declared, pursued, and, where possible, acted upon against Israelis.

This is current Hamas-Euro-Med's strategy, right after Oct 7, including via its editors on Wikipedia. Including the fake rapes charges, (not to mention 'drama' tail tale fed to NYT's Kristof).

The Psychology of Palestinian Distortions and Deceptions.
Why Israel is losing international sympathy.
Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf.

(Operation Swords of Iron, Palestinians
March 26, 2024).

Table of Contents
Vol. 24, No. 6.

Global opinion has moved from outrage at Hamas on October 7, 2023, to criticism of Israel just months later. How?
A Palestinian strategy manipulates perception to distort and present an alternate reality.
-While the Hamas of October 7 was a vicious terror organization, the passage of time has shifted perception to “innocent Palestinians” who are “victims,” consistent with the ongoing Palestinian chronicle of victimization used as a central motif in their national narrative.
-Facts and accurate information will not always effectively counter misinformation based on previous perceptions created by Palestinian sources. The “primacy effect,” where first impressions persist, plays a psychological role.
-Palestinians distort reality by providing material for perceptions that feed a cognitive set that promotes favoring perceived victims who are presented as suffering, with images of casualties, poor housing conditions, lack of food, and emotional distress.
-Western thinking that elicits sympathy for victims and absolves them of responsibility feeds into the deception strategy of Palestinian terror.
-While contextual reality is the basis for accurate information, Palestinians distort this by using civilians as psychological human shields in a cognitive war.
Countering with the “truth” is likely ineffective unless the “truth” is framed in a context that appeals to the same cognitive framework of “fairness” and victim appeal that Palestinians have been using.
-While sterile “counter-narratives” are ineffective, research suggests that adding emotive imagery and personalization can help change perceptions and reality.
https://jcfa.org/article/the-psychology-of-palestinian-distortions-and-deceptions/

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